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Topic: Greetings all (Read 3492 times)

I have been lurking for some time and have finally taken the plunge. I am a want-a-be writer, new DM, former player(2nd edition) and would like to play again.

I too started with the "Red box" but at the time did not quite understand the game. I knew it was the game for me but with no one to guide me way back then I dropped it. The next step in my fantasy life was reading my very first book. Raymond E. Feist "Magician: Apprentice" at age 19. Quite late for my first book but have made up for not reading in my early years and have several hundred books under my belt now. Robert Jordan, Raymond E Feist, R A Salvatore, David Eddings are some of my favorites. A year later I got a roommate that Played D&D and was invited to play. What followed was a very intense year of gaming(and drinking). Fast forward 25 years and the entire series from Robert Jordan. I introduced my nephew to D&D. I am a poor DM but him and his friends did have an incredibly fun time. We will be doing it again soon.

Researching for the game with my nephew is how I found this site. I do have a great imagination and am full of ideas. My two biggest problems are a lack of experience at DMing and coming up with names that are appropriate. I am sure that the good folks here will be able to help me out and I most defiantly hope that I will be able to help others in return.

Anyway, it is good to have you on board. We have a lot of random conversations in chat (big and little), as well as in the forums, so if you're ever stuck on something, feel free to join in or give us a shout.

Fair warning... we are a loony bunch (don't worry, we can be kind to storks as well), though you may have caught a glimpse of that already if ye've been lurking.

I am still learning to navigate the site and am working on my first submission. A rather fun and amusing idea I used that could lead to a side plot, money making opportunity, or just wasting away some of the PC's hard earned money.

BH: short for Barbarian Horde. I.E. the folks who come to the Citadel, raid it for ideas, and then head off back to their savage camps for gaming. (In some places they might be referred to as "unregistered users" but that sounds so... bland.)

Ah, how I have come to love that sense of accomplishment and victory that I get when I pull the wool over the eyes of a clever player character. What DM Triumphs have you had?

Some of mine:1. Finally killing an incredibly powerful, lucky, annoying player's character.2. Finally achieving a TPK (Total Party Kill)3. Finally achieving a TPK using only traps4. Finally working out how to make it so that d**n wizard doesn't steal the spotlight all the d**n time.

Oh, and just to be clear. The Citadel Tome of Law states in Volume IV page 111 paragraph 2 (and duplicated in table 4.12) that "no bird or creature, to include but not limited to storks, are allowed, authorized or approved to drop babies down chimneys, be placed on doorsteps or otherwise carry infant children through the air space of Strolen's Citadel".

It goes on a bit but that is the key sentence. So no dropping babies off around here anywhere. Last time that happened, well, we had to rewrite some of the Tome of Law so it was not pretty.

The Citadel Tome of Law states in Volume IV page 111 paragraph 2 (and duplicated in table 4.12) that "no bird or creature, to include but not limited to storks, are allowed, authorized or approved to drop babies down chimneys, be placed on doorsteps or otherwise carry infant children through the air space of Strolen's Citadel".